Brett Anderson and his daughter, Hannah, are mourning the deaths of Hannah's mother and 8-year-old brother who authorities suspect were killed by 40-year-old James Lee DiMaggio before he took off with Hannah a week ago.

Family friends said the divorced DiMaggio had developed an infatuation with the teenager that made her uncomfortable.

Authorities began looking for the pair in Idaho late last week after four people riding horses in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Area reported that they had spoken with a man and a teenage girl who matched the descriptions of DiMaggio and Hannah.

DiMaggio's blue 2013 Nissan Versa was found about five miles from where the riders spotted the pair Friday morning. Three U.S. Marshals later spotted DiMaggio's campsite by helicopter and he was fatally shot by an FBI tactical agent on Saturday.

Hannah's grandparents told 10News that her father left San Diego Sunday morning to head to Idaho for the reunion.

The El Capitan High School student, who appeared unharmed, was taken to an undisclosed local hospital for a medical evaluation after being rescued from a remote area east of Cascade, Idaho, San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore said.

The bodies of Hannah's younger brother, Ethan, and her 44-year-old mother, Christina Anderson, and that of their dog were found on Aug. 3 in the burned-out log cabin-style residence in Boulevard where DiMaggio lived.

In a text message sent to CNN, Anderson said he was ``nervous excited saddened 4 my wife and son and worried what my daughter has been through".

``It's now healing time. Keep us in your prayers,'' wrote Anderson, who was separated from his wife and moved recently for work to Tennessee.

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